Chapter 305: Power Wisdom

Chapter 305: Power Wisdom

Chapter 305: Power Wisdom

Although receiving a military service notice from the Military Manpower Administration is indeed a headache, if An Rushong wants to escape military service, there are ways around it. He can even solve the problem by making a phone call.

But the problem is that simply and crudely evading military service has serious consequences.

He is no longer a simple businessman, but a businessman with a political position. To be more precise, he is now a businessman who stands on the conservative side. In the conservative political group headed by Lee Min-bok, he is "one of their own". Therefore, if Lee Min-bok becomes president, if he wants to refuse to serve in the military, the people from the Ministry of National Defense will not come to arrest him.

But since he is regarded as "one of their own" by the conservatives, he is naturally a "rebel" in the eyes of the progressives. In this case, if he uses simple and crude methods to avoid military service, the progressives will naturally jump out to accuse him. Once the charge of evading military service is put on him, the name An Rushong will be infamous in South Korea, and it will even affect NGN's business in South Korea.

Therefore, for An Rushong, he did have to escape from the hard job of military service, but he could not escape simply and crudely. Instead, he had to think of a reason that was at least acceptable.

For An Rusong now, the easiest way to escape military service is to change his nationality. If he wants to become an American citizen, Leonard will probably be very happy. However, Koreans can hold dual citizenship, and according to the Military Service Act, if An Rusong wants to avoid military service, it is not enough to just become an American citizen, he must also give up his Korean citizenship.

But if he gives up his Korean citizenship and directly becomes an American, the development of NGN in South Korea will be restricted to a certain extent. Not to mention the draft that Li Minbo is preparing to launch to support the development of the IT industry, which will provide 15 trillion won in support from the South Korean government, NGN will not be eligible to participate in it.

Therefore, even if he followed Leonard's advice and became an American citizen, he would not give up his Korean citizenship. After all, that would have an impact on the development of NGN.

According to An Rusong's understanding, there are many ways to escape military service if you don't change your nationality or pretend to be sick. The most important thing is that in the Military Service Act, there are 5 ways to serve in the military, of which only the first to third are the most difficult, and the fourth is much better, with a minimum of 1 weeks of military training, and then you can do whatever you want.

As for the fifth type, it is completely under the guise of military service, but in fact it is exemption from military service. For example, those athletes who have won gold medals seem to be performing this kind of military service. According to public statements, the country can conscript them into the army when there is something going on, and they can do whatever they are supposed to do when there is nothing going on.

An Rusong thought that he didn't need to escape military service completely, as long as he could get the qualification for the fifth type of military service - what does it mean when the country is in trouble? In the eyes of a rich man like him, even if the country is destroyed, it's not a problem. Once a war breaks out in the country or there is unrest, he would have already run away.

Don't expect billionaires to rise and fall with the country. They have a way out, so they won't put all their eggs in one basket.

In this broken place called South Korea, nationalism is very strong, but the only ones who truly hope for the country's stable development are the middle class who are not as rich as the rich but better off than the poor. The lower class who have nothing and the billionaires are all hoping for chaos in the country. The former believe that only when the country is in chaos will they have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, while the latter hope to make a fortune from the national disaster.

Today, An Rushong is one of those people with a net worth of hundreds of millions. It is conscientious enough that he does not want to mess up the country. Who can ask him to perform military service?

After comforting Jiang Xiuyuan, he then stuffed the military service notice into the drawer. Anyway, it was still early and there was no rush to deal with the matter. When he had the chance to see Bai Jinjun again, he would ask him for help. He believed that he would have a good solution.

"Call a meeting of the ministers of each department for me," An Rushong stood up from his chair, reached out and touched Jiang Xiuyuan's head, and said with a smile.

Without being disturbed by outsiders, An Rushong used the afternoon to hold a meeting for the company's middle-level managers.

When the meeting was over, it was not yet 4:30 in the afternoon. He stayed in the company for a while. It was not until nearly 5:30 that he called Sun Manzhu and told her that he had an appointment in the evening and would not be returning to the mansion for dinner.

After hanging up the phone, he left the office, went to the locker room on the second floor to change into a suit, called Luo Minzhi who had rested for an afternoon, and drove to Gangnam District.

As we enter February, the days are obviously getting longer. It is almost six o'clock, but the sky has not yet completely darkened. There is still a faint glow of sunset in the western sky.

Outside a Japanese izakaya called "Yamada Sushi" on Yanzhou Road in Jiangnan District, An Rushong looked up at the banner on the door and couldn't help but frowned.

He had some knowledge of Japanese food, just like the izakaya in front of him called "Yamada Sushi". The "Yamada" in the name should be the owner's surname, and the so-called "Sushi" means that the specialty dish of this izakaya is sushi.

To be honest, An Rushong doesn’t like Japanese food, especially sushi. The main reason is that he doesn’t know the difference between it and rice mixed with cold dishes. Oh, maybe the difference is that sushi contains some seaweed?
However, the meeting in this izakaya was arranged by the woman named Quan Zhihui. Since he had not raised any objections before, he naturally could not just turn around and leave now.

Luo Minzhi walked in front, standing in front of the door curtain at the entrance of the pub, preparing to lift the smoky door curtain for An Rusong, but the originally hanging door curtain was lifted from the inside first, and a woman in a black evening dress came out from the door with a smile. The woman looked to be about 26 or 27 years old, with a bun on her head, a very delicate light makeup on her oval face, a pair of gold-threaded glasses on her delicate and straight nose, behind the thin lenses, were a pair of watery, sparkling peach blossom eyes, and two thin lips slightly curved upwards, adding a touch of gentle smile to this delicate face.

When he saw this woman for the first time, An Rushong had an illusion that this woman had undergone plastic surgery, and the model for her surgery was Han Hyo Joo.

"Is this President An?" The woman came out from behind the door curtain, her eyes first fell on Luo Minzhi, and then quickly turned to An Rusong. Then, she stretched out her hand to An Rusong and said with a smile, "I am Quan Zhihui."

"Ah, President Quan," An Rusong's eyes fell on the other person's face. He smiled and said hello while shaking hands with the other person. "When I heard President Quan's voice on the phone before, I felt that she must be a young beauty. Now that I have met her, I know that her voice is indeed like her person."

"President An, you are too kind," Quan Zhihui raised her hand, covered her mouth with the back of her hand and chuckled, "I should be the one who is surprised. Compared to the achievements he has made so far, President An is really too young."

"Thank you," An Rusong smiled restrainedly, then stretched out his hand towards the main door of the pub and said, "Chairman Quan, let's go in and talk. It's too cold outside."

He was wearing a suit with a thin sweater underneath. If he stayed outdoors for a long time, he would naturally feel cold. As for Quan Zhihui, she was wearing a fitted evening dress with a large lace cutout on the chest and a slit on the side of the skirt that almost reached her hips.

For an evening dress like this, you definitely can't wear too thick clothes underneath. In this early February weather, if she stays outside, she'll probably be frozen through in just a few minutes.

Quan Zhihui smiled, turned sideways and opened the door curtain, then walked in first. After An Rushong followed in, she lowered the door curtain, stretched out her hand toward the passage on the right side of the screen wall, and said, "This way, please, President An."

An Rushong was not polite. He smiled at the other party, walked through the passage first, bypassed the screen wall, and entered the main hall of the pub.

The main hall of the izakaya is not big, probably no more than 30 square meters. Inside the circular dining table, standing is a woman in a pink kimono.

Seeing the three people coming in, the woman in kimono bowed respectfully, with her forehead almost touching the table.

"Chairman An," Quan Zhihui said as he followed An Rusong into the main hall, "Yamada Sushi is not open to the public today. It's very safe here. Your bodyguards can dine on the first floor."

Hearing this, An Rushong glanced at the door curtain leading to the Hou Jin Dynasty in the main hall, and then nodded to Luo Minzhi who was following behind.

The latter stopped, gave An Rushong a look, and then walked towards the dining table.

"Let's go, President An, let's go upstairs to talk," after making arrangements for Luo Minzhi, Quan Zhihui smiled at An Rushong.

The two then walked through the main hall and entered the door curtain leading to Hou Jin. Behind the door curtain was a corridor, at the end of which was the staircase leading upstairs.

The second floor is a hall similar to the main hall on the first floor. There is also a circle of dining tables here, but there is no one at the tables and they are empty.

"President An, please take a seat," Quan Zhihui invited An Rusong to sit on a stool in front of the dining table. She walked around the dining table and washed her hands in front of the exquisite washbasin inside the dining table. She smiled and asked, "Does President An like sushi?"

"It's okay," An Rushong said somewhat unwillingly. At this moment, he was a little surprised. Judging from the woman's expression, she obviously intended to prepare the food herself.

Quan Zhihui seemed to sense that his simple words were a little bit against his will, so she looked up at him and said with a smile: "I originally opened this izakaya, and it was not until I changed my career three years ago that I handed it over to someone else to manage."

"Originally, I wanted to find a more formal place to entertain President An today, but after thinking about it carefully, I still think that arranging the place where we first met here can better show my sincerity," she took out a snow-white napkin from under the dining table and said while wiping her hands.

(End of this chapter)